"detain" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

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detain + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 21
detain people • detain suspects • detain citizens • detain immigrants • detain prisoners • ...
detain + preposición
Kolokacji: 23
detained without • detained for • detained at • detained in • detained on • ...
detain + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 19
briefly detained • detained indefinitely • illegally detained • temporarily detained • forcibly detained • ...
  • He was detained briefly at the police station and then released to his parents.
  • Several of them were briefly detained and many others have since been taken into custody.
  • He was arrested, detained briefly, and put on trial two days later.
  • The couple was briefly detained once again by the invading Americans.
  • About 200 people who tried to block some of the buses were briefly detained.
  • The security guards briefly detained the man before releasing him.
  • When they returned a couple of days later, the reporters were briefly detained by the army and threatened with death.
  • About 60 students were briefly detained when they confronted police officials who sought to block their march.
  • Instead, he was detained briefly by the Israeli police.
  • Police briefly detained a female several blocks from where they last reported to be chasing the first suspect.
2. detained indefinitely = zatrzymany na czas nieokreślony detained indefinitely

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